diff --git a/code/__DEFINES/traits/declarations.dm b/code/__DEFINES/traits/declarations.dm
index bb0a65fc5d2..bd63f013f85 100644
--- a/code/__DEFINES/traits/declarations.dm
+++ b/code/__DEFINES/traits/declarations.dm
@@ -212,6 +212,9 @@ Remember to update _globalvars/traits.dm if you're adding/removing/renaming trai
 ///Added to mob or mind, changes the icons of the fish shown in the minigame UI depending on the possible reward.
 #define TRAIT_REVEAL_FISH "reveal_fish"
 
+/// Added to a mob, allows that mob to experience flavour-based moodlets when examining food
+#define TRAIT_REMOTE_TASTING "remote_tasting"
+
 /// Stops the mob from slipping on water, or banana peels, or pretty much anything that doesn't have [GALOSHES_DONT_HELP] set
 #define TRAIT_NO_SLIP_WATER "noslip_water"
 /// Stops the mob from slipping on permafrost ice (not any other ice) (but anything with [SLIDE_ICE] set)
diff --git a/code/_globalvars/lists/maintenance_loot.dm b/code/_globalvars/lists/maintenance_loot.dm
index a54799b7bb1..05aa4e419a2 100644
--- a/code/_globalvars/lists/maintenance_loot.dm
+++ b/code/_globalvars/lists/maintenance_loot.dm
@@ -351,6 +351,7 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(rarity_loot, list(//rare: really good items
 		/obj/item/disk/nuclear/fake = 1,
 		/obj/item/disk/surgery/advanced_plastic_surgery = 1,
 		/obj/item/skillchip/brainwashing = 1,
+		/obj/item/skillchip/intj = 1,
 		/obj/item/tattoo_kit = 1,
 		/obj/item/folder/ancient_paperwork = 1,
 		) = 1,
diff --git a/code/_globalvars/traits/_traits.dm b/code/_globalvars/traits/_traits.dm
index 7ec768e619a..8d445921fff 100644
--- a/code/_globalvars/traits/_traits.dm
+++ b/code/_globalvars/traits/_traits.dm
@@ -351,6 +351,7 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(traits_by_type, list(
 		"TRAIT_REAGENT_SCANNER" = TRAIT_REAGENT_SCANNER,
 		"TRAIT_RECENTLY_BLOCKED_MAGIC" = TRAIT_RECENTLY_BLOCKED_MAGIC,
 		"TRAIT_RELAYING_ATTACKER" = TRAIT_RELAYING_ATTACKER,
+		"TRAIT_REMOTE_TASTING" = TRAIT_REMOTE_TASTING,
 		"TRAIT_RESEARCH_SCANNER" = TRAIT_RESEARCH_SCANNER,
 		"TRAIT_RESISTCOLD" = TRAIT_RESISTCOLD,
 		"TRAIT_RESISTHEAT" = TRAIT_RESISTHEAT,
diff --git a/code/datums/components/food/edible.dm b/code/datums/components/food/edible.dm
index 1e724f0e404..9986b2a4d43 100644
--- a/code/datums/components/food/edible.dm
+++ b/code/datums/components/food/edible.dm
@@ -264,6 +264,16 @@ Behavior that's still missing from this component that original food items had t
 		for(var/datum/reagent/reagent as anything in owner.reagents.reagent_list)
 			examine_list += span_notice("- [reagent.name] [reagent.volume]u: [round(reagent.purity * 100)]% pure")
 
+	if(!HAS_TRAIT(user, TRAIT_REMOTE_TASTING))
+		return
+	var/fraction = min(bite_consumption / owner.reagents.total_volume, 1)
+	checkLiked(fraction, user)
+	if (!owner.reagents.get_reagent_amount(/datum/reagent/consumable/salt))
+		examine_list += span_notice("It could use a little more Sodium Chloride...")
+	if (isliving(user))
+		var/mob/living/living_user = user
+		living_user.taste(owner.reagents)
+
 /datum/component/edible/proc/UseFromHand(obj/item/source, mob/living/M, mob/living/user)
 	SIGNAL_HANDLER
 
diff --git a/code/modules/library/skill_learning/skillchip.dm b/code/modules/library/skill_learning/skillchip.dm
index 762e8e0162c..89822976993 100644
--- a/code/modules/library/skill_learning/skillchip.dm
+++ b/code/modules/library/skill_learning/skillchip.dm
@@ -498,4 +498,13 @@
 	activate_message = span_notice("You feel the knowledge and passion of several sunbaked, seasoned fishermen burn within you.")
 	deactivate_message = span_notice("You no longer feel like casting a fishing rod by the sunny riverside.")
 
+/obj/item/skillchip/intj
+	name = "Integrated Intuitive Thinking and Judging skillchip"
+	auto_traits = list(TRAIT_REMOTE_TASTING)
+	skill_name = "Mental Flavour Calculus"
+	skill_description = "When examining food, you can experience the flavours just as well as if you were eating it."
+	skill_icon = FA_ICON_DRUMSTICK_BITE
+	activate_message = span_notice("You think of your favourite food and realise that you can rotate its flavour in your mind.")
+	deactivate_message = span_notice("You feel your food-based mind palace crumbling...")
+
 #undef SKILLCHIP_CATEGORY_GENERAL
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/brain/brain_item.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/brain/brain_item.dm
index 9d54d95516d..8f29a7d2be7 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/brain/brain_item.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/brain/brain_item.dm
@@ -433,6 +433,7 @@
 	desc = "A piece of juicy meat found in an ayy lmao's head."
 	icon_state = "brain-x"
 	brain_size = 1.3
+	organ_traits = list(TRAIT_ADVANCEDTOOLUSER, TRAIT_CAN_STRIP, TRAIT_LITERATE, TRAIT_REMOTE_TASTING)
 
 ////////////////////////////////////TRAUMAS////////////////////////////////////////
 
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species_types/abductors.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species_types/abductors.dm
index 345e30264ba..74d2bedf3a7 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species_types/abductors.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species_types/abductors.dm
@@ -3,14 +3,15 @@
 	id = SPECIES_ABDUCTOR
 	sexes = FALSE
 	inherent_traits = list(
-		TRAIT_NO_UNDERWEAR,
+		TRAIT_CHUNKYFINGERS_IGNORE_BATON,
+		TRAIT_NEVER_WOUNDED,
+		TRAIT_NOBLOOD,
 		TRAIT_NOBREATH,
+		TRAIT_NODISMEMBER,
 		TRAIT_NOHUNGER,
+		TRAIT_NO_UNDERWEAR,
+		TRAIT_REMOTE_TASTING,
 		TRAIT_VIRUSIMMUNE,
-		TRAIT_NOBLOOD,
-		TRAIT_CHUNKYFINGERS_IGNORE_BATON,
-		TRAIT_NODISMEMBER,
-		TRAIT_NEVER_WOUNDED
 	)
 	mutanttongue = /obj/item/organ/internal/tongue/abductor
 	mutantstomach = null
diff --git a/code/modules/power/supermatter/supermatter.dm b/code/modules/power/supermatter/supermatter.dm
index 580d2a66f96..c38036e6eab 100644
--- a/code/modules/power/supermatter/supermatter.dm
+++ b/code/modules/power/supermatter/supermatter.dm
@@ -243,8 +243,15 @@ GLOBAL_DATUM(main_supermatter_engine, /obj/machinery/power/supermatter_crystal)
 /obj/machinery/power/supermatter_crystal/examine(mob/user)
 	. = ..()
 	var/immune = HAS_MIND_TRAIT(user, TRAIT_MADNESS_IMMUNE)
-	if(isliving(user) && !immune && (get_dist(user, src) < SM_HALLUCINATION_RANGE(internal_energy)))
-		. += span_danger("You get headaches just from looking at it.")
+	if(isliving(user))
+		if (!immune && (get_dist(user, src) < SM_HALLUCINATION_RANGE(internal_energy)))
+			. += span_danger("You get headaches just from looking at it.")
+		var/mob/living/living_user = user
+		if (HAS_TRAIT(user, TRAIT_REMOTE_TASTING))
+			to_chat(user, span_warning("The taste is overwhelming and indescribable!"))
+			living_user.electrocute_act(shock_damage = 15, source = src, flags = SHOCK_KNOCKDOWN | SHOCK_NOGLOVES)
+			. += span_notice("It could use a little more Sodium Chloride...")
+
 	. += delamination_strategy.examine(src)
 	return .
 
diff --git a/code/modules/reagents/reagent_containers.dm b/code/modules/reagents/reagent_containers.dm
index 5234018bbd9..d58df6a1d6b 100644
--- a/code/modules/reagents/reagent_containers.dm
+++ b/code/modules/reagents/reagent_containers.dm
@@ -61,13 +61,16 @@
 		reagents.add_reagent(/datum/reagent/blood, disease_amount, data)
 	add_initial_reagents()
 
-/obj/item/reagent_containers/examine()
+/obj/item/reagent_containers/examine(mob/user)
 	. = ..()
 	if(has_variable_transfer_amount)
 		if(possible_transfer_amounts.len > 1)
 			. += span_notice("Left-click or right-click in-hand to increase or decrease its transfer amount.")
 		else if(possible_transfer_amounts.len)
 			. += span_notice("Left-click or right-click in-hand to view its transfer amount.")
+	if(isliving(user) && HAS_TRAIT(user, TRAIT_REMOTE_TASTING))
+		var/mob/living/living_user = user
+		living_user.taste(reagents)
 
 /obj/item/reagent_containers/create_reagents(max_vol, flags)
 	. = ..()
diff --git a/code/modules/vending/games.dm b/code/modules/vending/games.dm
index e51205c00e4..5e3d9d3b055 100644
--- a/code/modules/vending/games.dm
+++ b/code/modules/vending/games.dm
@@ -52,11 +52,12 @@
 				/obj/item/skillchip/appraiser = 2,
 				/obj/item/skillchip/basketweaving = 2,
 				/obj/item/skillchip/bonsai = 2,
+				/obj/item/skillchip/intj = 2,
 				/obj/item/skillchip/light_remover = 2,
+				/obj/item/skillchip/master_angler = 2,
 				/obj/item/skillchip/sabrage = 2,
 				/obj/item/skillchip/useless_adapter = 5,
 				/obj/item/skillchip/wine_taster = 2,
-				/obj/item/skillchip/master_angler = 2,
 			),
 		),
 		list(